A Dutch woman doctor who asked an elderly patient's family to hold her down while she administered a fatal drug dose has been cleared under Holland's euthanasia laws.
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For the first time in Dutch history a doctor in the Netherlands was reprimanded for giving euthanasia to a dementia patient while it was not conclusively established that euthanasia was what the woman wanted at that time.
Continue Reading → Euthanasia controversy: doctor rebuked for helping uncertain woman die
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Living With Dignity Newsletter
Vol. 14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Montreal, January 24, 2017 – December 10th 2016 marked the end of the first year of euthanasia in Quebec, better known under the euphemism “medical aid in dying”.
Living with Dignity is very concerned that the government of Quebec is prioritizing euthanasia to the detriment of significant improvements in palliative care, which were promised by the Couillard government prior to the coming into force of the Act Respecting End-of-Life Care.We are also concerned about the issues raised by the study published ...
Continue Reading → A First Year of Euthanasia in Quebec
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People who espouse “progressive values”, who include those advocating for the legalization of euthanasia, adopt a mantra of “choice, change and control”. However, this mantra presents an illusion of control that is not present in life.
Continue Reading → A flight from mystery
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